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The senior red wine from Quinto Do Noval is made from grapes grown on the<br/>steeply terraced vineyards of the Quinta. Unlike the Cedro, the junior sibling,<br/>the grapes here are all indigenous, viz 50% Touriga Nacional, 40% Touriga<br/>Franca and 10% Tinto Cão. 2007, as we know, was declared as a vintage<br/>year for port, and this qualitative endorsement, unsurprisingly, is evidenced<br/>in the unfortified wine. Aged in 1005 French oak and bottled in July 2009, this<br/>is a complex and serious wine.
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<br/>The nose is of wild Douro herbs and aromatic black fruits; the palate is<br/>concentrated, with velvety tannins to the fore. The wine needs time to open out<br/>in the glass and will certainly benefit from decanting......indeed it<br/>will also benefit from a little ageing in bottle before coming of age. Noval<br/>have certainly been patient before entering this sector of the market but they<br/>have, as usual, entered it with real aplomb.
<br/>(Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer)

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Quinta do Noval is situated in the very heart of the Douro valley, in the Cima Corgo, just two kilometres from the small town of Pinhão. As you approach the entrance to the quinta from Pinhão, you will see the famous broad terraces of Quinta do Noval on the right. The Quinta, which is principally situated in the valley of the small Pinhao river, a tributary of the Douro, has approximately 145 h... Read more

Quinta do Noval is situated in the very heart of the Douro valley, in the Cima Corgo, just two kilometres from the small town of Pinhão. As you approach the entrance to the quinta from Pinhão, you will see the famous broad terraces of Quinta do Noval on the right. The Quinta, which is principally situated in the valley of the small Pinhao river, a tributary of the Douro, has approximately 145 hectares of vines, ranging in altitude from 100 metres, at the level of the Pinhao river, to 350 metres at the summit of the valley. The Quinta is approached by a long drive, covered by trellised vines. This is the first view of the quinta that you see as you drive up. Read less

The senior red wine from Quinto Do Noval is made from grapes grown on the<br/>steeply terraced vineyards of the Quinta. Unlike the Cedro, the junior sibling,<br/>the grapes here are all indigenous, viz 50% Touriga Nacional, 40% Touriga<br/>Franca and 10% Tinto Cão. 2007, as we know, was declared as a vintage<br/>year for port, and this qualitative endorsement, unsurprisingly, is evidenced<br/>in the unfortified wine. Aged in 1005 French oak and bottled in July 2009, this<br/>is a complex and serious wine.
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<br/>The nose is of wild Douro herbs and aromatic black fruits; the palate is<br/>concentrated, with velvety tannins to the fore. The wine needs time to open out<br/>in the glass and will certainly benefit from decanting......indeed it<br/>will also benefit from a little ageing in bottle before coming of age. Noval<br/>have certainly been patient before entering this sector of the market but they<br/>have, as usual, entered it with real aplomb.
<br/>(Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer)